This book is an attempt to chart progress in the development of support for black carers around the country and the factors which can inhibit this process, including racism; lack of joint work between health and social services and voluntary organisations; not taking the issue of black carers seriously; and ...
This book reviews the literature on the health of minority ethnic populations in Britain. It focusses principally upon current knowledge about the health status of minority ethnic populations in Britain and the use of health care resources made by them, as well as describing the suggested factors which underlie these ...
This document builds on work carried out by a group of deaf and partially deaf people who were invited to share views and experiences of community care services. It discusses communication, interpreting services, individual needs, social services and health issues relevant to deaf people. Service provision to deaf people from ...
This report attempts to identify key themes within the seminar and highlight questions pertinent to the use of complementary therapies in mental health treatment. It draws selectively from addresses and workshops presented, comments and discussions during the seminar as well as feedback from the evaluation forms. The report addresses three ...
This is the third publication in a series based on the work of the King's Fund Nursing Development Units. Using interviews with staff, this book offers examples from five different units of the way in which patients and clients have become actively involved in delivery of care and service developments. ...
Over the past few years the low take-up of services by black disabled people and their general absence from user involvement initiatives have become a source of concern. Evidence suggests that poor access to information, communication barriers and inappropriate services are all factors preventing black disabled people from having their ...
This document builds on work carried out by a group of blind and partially sighted people who were invited to identify the issues which they considered to be most important in shaping their experiences of community care. These issues include access to information, assessment for entitlement to services, inflexibility and ...